Team 1#

[badger]

I'm Badger, or Dale, LOL!

I'll be hunting Trumbull, and Ashtabula Counties.

I'm kinda new to turkey hunting, so I'll be looking forward to this season with you guys.

I tried years ago with my bow, but this year I'll be starting with a shotgun. I want my first Tom this year!

Let's hear from ya!:bouncy:

[MCSO28]

Hey Dale. I'm Darrin I hunt Morrow, Marion ,Hocking, Perry, Jackson, Crawford, and Wyandot Counties... I have been hunting turks for years and have killed them with gun and bow.. If anyone on the team needs help or wants to team up on some birds let me know and I will see what we can do.. All of my hunts are filmed, so if ya wanna be a movie star lol, we can do that too..

[badger]

Hey Dale. I'm Darrin I hunt Morrow, Marion ,Hocking, Perry, Jackson, Crawford, and Wyandot Counties... I have been hunting turks for years and have killed them with gun and bow.. If anyone on the team needs help or wants to team up on some birds let me know and I will see what we can do.. All of my hunts are filmed, so if ya wanna be a movie star lol, we can do that too..

Hi Darrin, good to meet ya! Just checked out some of your website, it looks great! I have a few properties around here that have birds. I have an old box call that have played with for years, I think I sound pretty good with it, don't know if the turkies will agree, we'll find out.:bouncy: Calling is one thing I'm unsure of. I don't know when and what sounds I should be making. I used to have 5 or 6 mouth calls too, i really liked messing with them, might buy a few today. I'm sure I will have some questions for ya. I'm heading out to get a choke tube for my sons gun for the youth season this weekend.

Any suggestions on a few mouth calls I should look into?

Talk to ya later, Dale:coolgleamA:

[lung buster]

Lung Buster reporting in. I hunt hocking co. and have been chasing turks for close to 20 yrs. As for a team name, here is some suggestions:


waddle busters
limbhangers
strut stoppers
team face full of lead (and or heavy shot) :eek:
gobble stoppers

thats about all I got :idea:

[badger]

Lung Buster reporting in. I hunt hocking co. and have been chasing turks for close to 20 yrs. As for a team name, here is some suggestions:


waddle busters
limbhangers
strut stoppers
team face full of lead (and or heavy shot) :eek:
gobble stoppers

thats about all I got :idea:

Some good names there! I'll try to come up with some also.

[bowtech_buster]

bowtech_buster reporting in... I hunt in highland counties and vinton for turkeys. i'm a youngin but have chased turkey for a while now with fairly good success..i hope we all do well and have fun doing it.

[MCSO28]

I dont check in here daily, but I do cheeck my email several times a day. If any of you want to get ahold of me quickly, you can email me at dctolle@avdoutdoors.net otherwise, I will check in every few days..

Badger, I will see what I can do to get ya a few mouth calls.. Check out our sponsor, Martin Brother's. THey have some pretty good sounding calls.. As far as the way YOU sound calling. Dont worrry about it.. The guys who do WELL in calling contests sound like great turkey CALLERS.. If you listen to turkeys in the wild, sometimes they sound like the worst caller you have ever heard.. So if you can make noise with one, it will call in some of them no matter what..

[badger]

bowtech_buster reporting in... I hunt in highland counties and vinton for turkeys. i'm a youngin but have chased turkey for a while now with fairly good success..i hope we all do well and have fun doing it.

Glad to meet all of you. Sounds like all of you have a solid background with turkey hunting. I'll be looking forward to all of your inputs.

I dug some old calls out today, and some old vhs tapes, and have been messing around all day with the calls.

Got a call from a landowner that is giving me permission to Turkey hunt, because I got rid of the beaver on his place.

I'll be out tomorrow morning for a little scouting.

Any of you doing any scouting?

[bowtech_buster]

i filmed a couple long beards the other morning when it was raining. when its wet go to the nearest field to the roost they will go there. i look to have a great year. i'm taking my lil sister out this weekend in hopes to get her her first turkey. she got a shot at 4 that i called into her last year but they were to close and she missed..lol..she got her first deer last fall so hopefully we cap it off with a turkey for her this year. i'm very excited for the weekend.

[badger]

Just got in from the woods. Brushed in a few blinds for my sonr for the weekend. Seen alot of scratched up areas, some fresh poop, and three birds in a field just outside the woods. I was too far away to see if they had beards, and I left my binocs in the truck.

[bowtech_buster]

my sister had a appointment this morning so she couldnt make it out, but i went out with uncle odie's grandson and we managed to get him his first bird. it was a 15 pound jake. it was very exciting. for all of us that was there to witness it. my sis and i will be out in the morning for sure hopefully filling her tag.

[badger]

Tell the young man I said congradulations!:bouncy:

My son and I hunted all weekend. We had some close encounters, but not close enough. Had alot of action, and my son walked out smiling even though he didn't get one this weekend. I'm very proud of his attitude!

[bowtech_buster]

well boys it wasnt from lack of effort but i didnt connect today although i did miss a nice bird on film at 20 yards today. i hit the blind with the arrow and it barley missed him left. oh well there is always tomorrow:bouncy:

[badger]

Had some water problems at the house this morning and couldn't make it out.

Getting ready to set the alarm and call it a night. I'm heading to Ashtubula in the morning.

Good luck to the rest of you!:bouncy:

[badger]

Well I woke up at 3 this morning and packed a few things in the truck and headed north. We were in the woods pretty early. Heard one hen at daylight but no gobblers. The hen was moving towards a field, so we headed that way and put out our decoys hoping she might have some boys in tow.

She never showed, but we did have other hunters on the other side of the feild. Around 8:45 or so we had a hen real close, that turned out to be yet another hunter. He came right into our calls and proceeded to setup a decoy and start calling about 200 yards from us. Couldn't believe he never looked our way, or seen our decoys.

Had enough of that spot and went and checked a few more out. Most had vehicles there so we moved on. Long story short we seen more hunters than birds. Did see a bearded hen while driving past a feild, that was pretty cool!

I'll be hunting locally tomorrow. I have a better grasp of the calling after hunting with someone with experience. Gives me a little more confidence for the rest of the season.

So how's the rest of the crew doing? Have we decided on a name? I'm leaning towards Strut Stoppers, or Limbhangers.

Well good luck guys, I'll check in later.:coolgleamA:

[lung buster]

How is it going team? I have not been able to make it out yet, been on freaking midnights and this crappy freaking weather :rant::irked: It is on in the morning and at least the next 13 if need be :whistle: Good luck all and be safe out there!!!

[badger]

Couldn't make it out today, but I did get some returned phone calls on some new spots. I'm heading out in the morning to a good woods. Hopefully I can make something happen for us.

Have you guys decided on a name yet? If so let me know, I think I might be able to come up with a banner for the team.

Dale:coolgleamA:

[MCSO28]

Well, as much as I hate to say it, I have not been out since the youth hunt.. With work this week, court yesterday at 9:30, have to go with wife to baby dr today at 10:30.. I will be in the woods saturday and sunday until the last second though.. The good news is some of my pro staffers have had some success in Ohio and Nebraska.. Nebraska they got 5 kills on film in 1 day! I shoulda went with them! Anyhow, hope to have one on the ground saturday morning..

[MCSO28]

Where you at in Hocking Co. Lung Buster? My family owns a farm on 374 over by Rock House.. I deer hunt there A LOT.. But turkey are kinda thin on the property..

[MCSO28]

Well fellas, what a crappy day! 80+ and the wind killed us this morning.. Only saw 2 birds.. Both were within 150 yeards in open terrain and couldnt hear our calls.. After they left I walked to where they were and called as loud as I possily could and my partner couldnt hear me either.. I hope this wind lays down soon.. We stayed out till the end today, but nothing to show for it.. How bout you guys?

[badger]

My son and I had some hens stay roosted above us yesterday till almost 7 am.

Today we seen three deer, a coon, a few grey squirrells, a few fox squirrels, one red squirrel, one chipmunk, and one jake by the truck.

Hunting hard, just not getting a break.

[bowtech_buster]

well yesterday i shot this jake. i thought he was a tom by the way he was gobbling so when he came through the fence i busted him when i saw his red head. turns out it was a 19 pound jake which is good. atleast i got a lot of meat afterall you cant eat the beard:D. i have a tom pinned down for in the morning with any luck uncle odie and i both should have one down by 7 30 am.. good luck fellas..
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/uncleodie/19lbjake.jpg?t=1240880747

[badger]

Way to go my freind!:D

Had a ton of action this morning, but couldn't get the gobblers in range. Had the safety off twice on some jakes.

Maybe tomorrow! Good luck to the rest of you!;)

[MCSO28]

Good job! I couldnt get out today had to take kids to school. But saw the activity has skyrocketed with this cold front. I will be out in the morning. Good luck to you guys!

[bowtech_buster]

i had a good one at 60 yards he flew down went to the field and almost came to me before 2 hens drug him away. i have a setup for in the morning if i dont have to work i'll be posted up waiting on ole tom. good luck

[bowtech_buster]

well my position worked this morning. i had this guy in my lap just after fly down. he flew down right where i thought he would and i was waiting with a 870 full of # 5's....good luck to you guys..
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/uncleodie/100_0333.jpg?t=1241016733
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc40/uncleodie/0429090647_011.jpg?t=1241016784

[BuckSlayer]

Awesome Tom!! Congrats!

[badger]

Hey Bowtech, that looks like a real nice tom, congradulations!:D

We had a flawed plan this morning and the birds didn't follow the directions. We were too far from our planned interception, and there were too many hens to pull the gobblers to us. Hopefully tomorrow will be a different story.

I did find two shed antlers a few feet from each other as we were returning to the truck!:bouncy:

http://i39.tinypic.com/198dn4.jpg

[bowtech_buster]

oh the stats on my bird are 24 pounds 11 1/4 inch beard and 1 1/4 spurs..i hope you guys connect on some toms..:biggrin: i'm taking my sister out a couple more times to try to get her a bird before the season ends.

[MCSO28]

Took my nephew out yesterday.. Birds were on fire by 6:30.. By 7 he had a jake on the ground.. We got great video of them gobbling 10 FEET from the blind! Then his shot at 15 yards.. It was his first even turkey hunt and his first turkey.. A jake weighed 23.3 POUNDS! 4 inch beards and nubs for spurrs.. I have only seen 1 jake bigger. I shot one probably ten years ago that weighed 24lbs. We moved and set back up but no luck.. Oh well later this weeek will be my turn..

[badger]

Good job Darrin! Looking forward to seeing your bird next.

I'm heading back to Ashtabula tomorrow.

[badger]

Any action for you guys?